Week 14 brings us a match on Jun 25th, where Flamengo plays host to América Mineiro in a meeting of these two evenly matched Serie A teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 14th placed Flamengo is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Atlético Mineiro. Ignacio Fernández struck first for Atlético Mineiro in the 35th minute, then Ademir added another in the 85th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Flamengo couldn’t manage to score, and Atlético Mineiro took the shutout win. Flamengo looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while 16th placed América Mineiro is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Fortaleza. Yago Pikachu struck first for Fortaleza in the 43rd minute on a feed from Lucas Lima, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed América Mineiro couldn’t manage to score, and Fortaleza took the shutout win. América Mineiro is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Flamengo won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
América Mineiro hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Felipe Azevedo and Alexandre Egea, and they each have 1 goal. Everton Augusto de Barros Ribeiro and Andreas Pereira are the top scorers for Flamengo in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.